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  • Trump Supporters Hold “Stop The Steal” Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election<br>WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Thousands of Donald Trump supporters storm the United States Capitol building following a “Stop the Steal” rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. The protesters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and clashing with police. Trump supporters had gathered in the nation’s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    Denial and conspiracy theories: how rightwing media reacted to Trump's mob

    Some outlets refused to acknowledge the president or the rioters did anything wrong, while others depicted it as an opportunity for Pence to overturn the election
  • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) briefing at the White House in Washington<br>Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, looks up toward the lectern as U.S. President Donald Trump leads the daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Why Trump's media allies are turning against Fauci amid the pandemic

    His critics allege Dr Anthony Fauci is recklessly damaging the economy and blocking supposed wonder treatments like hydroxychloroquine
  • Jason Wilson

    This is actually good for Trump: how rightwing media reacted to the impeachment

    Jason Wilson
    Yesterday’s historic vote was covered on conservative sites in the same way as any other news event of the last three years
  • Jason Wilson

    How conservative media transformed the Covington Catholic students from pariahs to heroes

    Jason Wilson
    Conservatives have realized they can construct a parallel reality and have it accepted
  • Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington<br>Christine Blasey Ford closes her eyes as she is sworn in before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2018. Picture taken September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

    How rightwing conspiracy theorists attacked Christine Blasey Ford's testimony

    For many on the fringe, lies about Ford are more palatable than the idea that she is telling the truth about Brett Kavanaugh
  • Dinesh D’Souza: his attacks on Obama were particularly strident and controversial

    Dinesh D’Souza: far-right provocateur and key figure in US culture wars

    Conservative commentator pardoned by Trump is a big fan of the president and has special enmity for Clinton and Obama
  • Politicon, Day 2, Los Angeles, USA - 26 Jun 2016<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rob Latour/Variety/REX/Shutterstock (5737091cp)
Tomi Lahren at Rebuilding the Republican Party Panel
Politicon, Day 2, Los Angeles, USA - 26 Jun 2016

    Why is the far right so against US intervention in Syria?

    Despite Iraq the left has mounted no serious opposition to Syrian involvement – so why is the right now filling those shoes?
  • A combination of file photos show media personality Ingraham in Washington and student Hogg, at a rally in Washington<br>A combination of file photos show media personality Laura Ingraham in Washington October 14, 2017 and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg, at a rally in Washington March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert, Jonathan Ernst/Files

    Laura Ingraham is a victim of a totalitarian campaign from the left, apparently

    The American right have revealed a vision of free speech that is very expansive for conservatives but far less accommodating for those who disagree with them
  • March For Our Lives<br>epaselect epa06627406 Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks at the March For Our Lives in Washington, DC, USA, 24 March 2018. March For O r Lives student activists demand that their lives and safety become a priority, and an end to gun violence and mass shootings in our schools  EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

    How rightwingers have attacked Parkland students with lies, hoaxes and smears

    As of this weekend, this group of idealistic young people have officially become the right’s leading hate figures
  • Cambridge Analytica Accused Of Collecting Personal Information From Facebook Users<br>PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 20:  In this photo illustration the logo of the strategic communication company "Cambridge Analytica" is seen on the screen of an iPhone in front of a computer screen showing a Facebook logo on March 20, 2018 in Paris, France. Cambridge Analytica is accused of collecting the personal information of 50 million users of the Facebook social network without their consent and would have used it to develop software to predict and influence voter voting during the campaign American election according to the New York Times and the Guardian. Facebook share price fell by more than 5% Monday shortly after the opening of Wall Street.  (Photo Illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images)

    Cambridge Analytica sets quandary for right: hate Facebook, love Trump

    The scandal of the data mining company produced complicated feelings on the right as hatred of big tech companies vied with sensitivity about Trump’s victory
  • Jason Wilson

    How to troll the left: understanding the rightwing outrage machine

    Jason Wilson
    Recent events on US college campuses illustrate how the right has fine-tuned its formula for pushing progressives’ buttons
  •  Emma González, 18, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, gave an impassioned speech at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale.

    How rightwing media is already attacking Florida teens speaking out

    As students rise up to demand gun control the right aims to take them down, along with anyone who offers them support
  • U.S. President Trump delivers first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington<br>U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2018. REUTERS/Win McNamee/Pool

    So, how did conservatives like the State of the Union?

    Even Donald Trump’s more extreme supporters did not seem to mind that he sounded almost like a traditional Republican
  • Tucker Carlson, host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, in New York, Thursday, March 2, 2107. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    Fox News' Tucker Carlson is the new premier voice of Bannonism

    Steve Bannon may have lost control of Breitbart, but as long as Carlson is around, his brand of rightwing populism is kept alive
  • FILE PHOTO: White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts /File Photo

    Bannonfreude: how Breitbart (and the internet) turned on Steve Bannon

    The former White House chief strategist’s comments about the president presented the pro-Trump media with a choice. Turns out it wasn’t that difficult
  • TOPSHOT - Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore rides his horse, Sassy, to the polling station to vote in Gallant, Alabama, on December 12, 2017. The state of Alabama holds a closely-watched special election for US Senate featuring Republican candidate Roy Moore, who is endorsed by President Donald Trump despite being accused of molesting teenaged girls. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

    Dismay, excuses, backstabbing: conservative media on Roy Moore's loss

    Infowars, Breitbart, National Review and even Steve Bannon himself responded to Roy Moore’s shocking defeat in the Alabama Senate election
  • Roy Moore<br>Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore drives away in his car after he speaks at a church revival, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in Jackson, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

    Pundits defending Roy Moore: do you really want to go down with this ship?

    As allegations of child abuse against the Alabama Senate candidate divide the right wing, it’s unclear whether those tolerating the accusations will pay a price
  • Some outlets, most with a long history of criticizing Trump, treated Manafort’s charges more soberly.

    Distract and dismiss: how rightwing media saw the Russia indictments

    Conservative pundits attempted to distance Trump from Paul Manafort, and barely mentioned the guilty plea of former adviser George Papadopoulos at all
  • Arizona senator Jeff Flake. For the Trump supporters, no criticism of their man, however well-founded, will change their minds.

    Flake's fight with Trump: how rightwing pundits saw the latest Republican scrap

    Jeff Flake’s broadside at the president prompted some sympathy from elements on the right – but the Trump sycophants were predictably outraged
  • A sign at a vigil held for victims in Las Vegas. Nearly all rightwing pundits believe that Americans’ unique access to firearms should continue.

    'Gunsplaining' and conspiracy theories: how rightwing pundits saw the Las Vegas shooting

    Conservative writers have established a set of standard responses to each new mass shooting. Jason Wilson looks at those much in evidence this week
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